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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1915
Page
1
The church announces Sunday activities with Saboath School led by S. J. Holmes at 9:45 a.m. Preaching varies by week. Epworth League meets at 6:00 p.m. Evening preaching at 7:30 p.m. Prayer meeting Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Pastor A. B. Simpson leading sessions.
Presbyterian 9 30 a m Sabbath School and 10 45 a m preaching services with J D Clay pastor. United Brethren Sabbath School 9 30 a m Christian Endeavor 7 30 p m and 3 p m preaching every other Sabbath led by W E Dys pastor.
The notice announces Catholic Mass on the second and fourth Sundays each month led by Father A. H. Busald the pastor. Time to be announced.
The notice lists a Bible School at 9 30 a m and preaching at 7 p m with services on the second Sunday each month led by Pastor R R Ohaver. The item records a small church schedule and leadership details.
The Montezuma high school commencement is set for Friday night May 7 at eight o'clock in the Montezuma opera house with address by Prof Harold G Law rence of Harsham College Richmond Indiana. Music will be by the Robert White orchestra of Rockville and the class includes Merritt Johnson Foster Jerome Homer Thomas Frank McCord Grace McLaughlin and Matilda James. The baccalaureate sermon is Sunday night May 2 at 7 30 at the Methodist church by Dr J G Campbell District Superintendent Greencastle District. The Senior class will be given a seven o'clock dinner by Supt and Mrs J G Hirsbrunner Thursday evening at their home.
John Brockway’s death creates a vacancy on the county board of commissioners and sparks rumors about the appointment. At the last election Brockway defeated Samuel Skeeters, the sole Republican on the board, and Skeeters now appears likely to win the appointment by Democratic colleagues.
A fragmentary note asks if the Red White wage is the official route of the Pike Peak ocean to ocean highway. It mentions white and red markings on telephone poles and the claim you can't get lost. It also references Mrs. Nettie Sylvester arranging store rooms and tidying them up.
The Colorado Springs and Manitou Automobile Sociability tour arrived in Montezuma at 12 45 after rain soaked travel from Terre Haute via Chrisman Illinois. Geo W Hughes led the Illinois division and Pikes Peak Ocean to Ocean Highway work.
The piece notes 62 014 statutes passed 1909 to 1913 and 65 379 court decisions in the same period filling 680 volumes. It warns that rapid statute making risks overreach, predicts more laws from future female legislators, and fears wasted effort and frequent repeal.
There will be an exhibit of sewing, manual training and drawing by pupils of the North school building on Tuesday afternoon May 4. The South building pupils will show their work on Thursday afternoon May 6. All patrons and others interested are invited to attend both exhibits.
Miss Hazel Brockway and Miss Elsie Stultz with Will and James Carty visited Miss Stultz's mother in Clinton Sunday evening. Lora Reeder from Terre Haute was a visitor on Tuesday.
John Freeman Brockway longtime Wabash township farmer and county commissioner elect from the second district died April 22 after a period of ill health. He won the Republican nomination and would have taken office in January 1916. Funeral services were held at his residence with Rev. A B Simpson officiating. The burial at Hixon cemetery drew a large crowd, with over fifty conveyances in the procession.
Hershel Marvin of Hillsdale a 20 year old lad drowned Wednesday evening while fishing near the Wabash by a railroad bridge. He suffered epilepsy and likely had a spell, fell into the river, and drowned. body recovered about thirty minutes later. Funeral held at Hillsdale M E church Friday at 2 PM, burial at Oakland cemetery.
Garner Drug Store offers wall paper discounts while several residents report illnesses and recoveries. Local people travel to Indianapolis and Terre Haute for business and leisure, with church and social visits noted.
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